News Summary at 2:59 a.m. EDT
President Donald Trump said he struck a deal with Vladimir Putin to obtain diesel in a sharp reversal of years of U.S. pressure over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Announcing the call on Friday, Trump framed it as a way to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterms and after signing a Russia sanctions law last month. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it “a weak decision,” and Democratic senators criticized it as a betrayal. Separately, Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds, bringing dangerous storm surge, heavy rain, power outages, and flash flooding. In Panama, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and aftershocks prompted evacuations, while a tsunami warning was issued for multiple countries.







